McDonnell hits back at claims Russian bots helped Labour in 2017 election

Shadow chancellor compares ‘farcical’ Sunday Times story to smears against Kinnock in 1992John McDonnell has compared claims by the Sunday Times that Russian Twitter bots tried to win the general election for Labour to “smears” against Neil Kinnock before the 1992 general election.
The shadow chancellor said the story was “ludicrous” and criticised the “Conservative-supporting” newspaper for running past stories linking Labour to Russia in an effor